Special Ops: Crime Squad UK
Documentary series looking at the work of the super-specialist, elite police teams across the UK that are assembled to make a breakthrough in investigations where regular police work has hit a brick wall.
- 2022-2024
- 3 seasons
- Documentary, Suspense
Documentary series looking at the work of the super-specialist, elite police teams across the UK that are assembled to make a breakthrough in investigations where regular police work has hit a brick wall.
Season 3 Episode Guide
8 Episodes 2024
Episode 1
Operation Hillcrest
44 mins
A Surrey police response unit is called to a stabbing incident at a teen house party in a captivating insight into teamwork, tactics and compassion.
Episode 2
Operation Langsat & Operation Outback
45 mins
The National Crime Agency take on a people-trafficking group while Surrey and City of London Police hunt down exploitative romance fraudsters.
Episode 3
Operation Flaxen
44 mins
Follow Lancashire Police's Major Investigation Team as they run a murder case where forensics, digital data, and good old-fashioned police work help solve a brutal killing.
Episode 4
Gloucestershire
44 mins
Raw footage and powerful police testimony reveals the tragic reality of policing our roads and a ground-breaking investigation into the Body in the River murder.
Episode 5
Blackpool Bitcoin Heist
43 mins
When Lancashire police get a call about a cryptocurrency heist worth a staggering £100million, detectives unravel a bizarre conspiracy by a bunch of bungling amateurs.
Episode 6
Operation Vincent
43 mins
Gwent Police tackle the deadly impact of drugs on their community by taking down a violent gang in Newport and hunting down an addicted armed robber.
Episode 7
Operation Solana
44 mins
Gwent Police stumble upon a multi-million-pound drug operation which takes an unexpected turn when detectives unravel a cryptocurrency money laundering scheme.
Episode 8
Arson Cases
43 mins
A mysterious series of vehicle fires break out across Bristol as fire crews battle 40 blazes - elsewhere, police in Durham examine a dangerous flat fire.